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The 2010 American Medical Association's estimate of the number of primary care physicians in the United States needs revision because the statistic overestimates the number of practicing physicians by including some retired physicians and others who have left the workforce.

A. needs revision because the statistic overestimates the number of practicing physicians
B. need revision due to the overestimate of the number of practicing physicians
C. needs revision because the statistics overestimate the number of practicing physicians
D. needs revision due to the fact that the statistic overestimates the number of practicing physicians
E. need revision because the statistics overestimate the number of practicing physicians
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please explain me the difference between due to and because when to use which one
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Can someone please explain to me the difference between option A and C?
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Can someone please explain to me the difference between option A and C?
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The difference is between singular and plural. In the beginning of the sentence it says estimate which is singular, while in option c it uses statisticS and in option A it is statistic. Hope this helps
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Statistic (Singular) [Noun] - Overestimates (Singular) [Verb]
Statistics (Plural) [Noun] - Overestimate (Plural) [Verb]
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How is the difference between ‘statistics’ and ‘statistic’ relevant in this question? Inputs please.
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Your approach to solve SC questions requires the below steps:
1. Find errors in the underlined portion
2. Look for other options where these errors have been corrected
3. Check whether other things are constant while the errors are corrected

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The 2010 American Medical Association's estimate of the number of primary care physicians in the United States needs revision because the statistic overestimates the number of practicing physicians by including some retired physicians and others who have left the workforce.

A. needs revision because the statistic overestimates the number of practicing physicians
B. need revision due to the overestimate of the number of practicing physicians
C. needs revision because the statistics overestimate the number of practicing physicians
D. needs revision due to the fact that the statistic overestimates the number of practicing physicians
E. need revision because the statistics overestimate the number of practicing physicians
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The 2010 American Medical Association's estimate is the subject which is singular. Therefore the verb needs is in its correct form.

Secondly, we also have a dependent clause after because...the statistic is our subject which is singular. Overestimates has been used as a verb here and it is in its correct form.

This means that we haven't found a single error in the underlined piece.

Therefore, A is the answer!


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Can anyone explain why option A is preferred over C. Both the options are correct in tenses, but why we have preferred
"statistic overestimates" to "statistics overestimate"??
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Can anyone explain why option A is preferred over C. Both the options are correct in tenses, but why we have preferred
"statistic overestimates" to "statistics overestimate"??
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If you read the portion which has not been underlined, you will see that it talks about "The 2010 American Medical Association's estimate". Here the estimate is singular. The statistic is referring to this single estimate.

Here, if we use statistics, it would not be comparable to estimate. We will need estimates.

Hope this helps!
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As a general rule on the GMAT, “due to” is followed by a noun while “because of” is followed by a verb.
Ideally, abiding by this rule, D should be the answer since all other S-V agreement conditions are also being met.

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